Columbia Theological Seminary Bulletin, 58, number 2, April 1965

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BULLETIN

TRAINING

MINISTRY

"The training of candidates for the ministry ..."
This is the responsibility or a seminary. How are can-
didates to be trained? They must learn certain facts
and acquire basic practical skills. But has a candidate
received his education when he is able to repeat facts?
Is he educated when he is able to function satisfac-
torily in particular situations? Are all candidates
alike? Is each person trained in the same way?

Columbia Seminary recognizes that each person has
individual needs. Facts and practical skills are impor-
tant, but are not a complete theological education.
Thus its program of training for the ministry" allows
for flexibility to meet the needs of the individual.
Columbia is concerned that each candidate receive
the instruction and guidance needed to come to under-
standing and maturity. In this way the individual's
theological education is begun.

By maintaining a low student-faculty ratio Colum-
bia seeks to provide guidance to meet the individual
student's needs. A program of independent study is
offered in the first year to men who have shown un-
usual proficiency in advanced work in religious or
Biblical studies at the college level. In this program
provision is made for a more flexible course than is
normally required. Provision is made also for indi-

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ROCK EAGLE MISSIONS CONFERENCE

Twelve hundred high school and college young
people are expected for' the Thirteenth Annual
World Missions Conference at Rock Eagle 4-H
Center, April 16-18. The conference is sponsored
by the Society of Missionary Inquiry. Featured
speakers for the three day conference will be Rev.
Jon Crow, Missionary Evangelist to Brazil; Dr.
C. Darby Fulton, former Secretary of the Board of
World Missions, now Professor of Missions at
Columbia Seminary; Mr. Walter Shepard, mission-
ary to the Congo and acting Area Secretary for
Europe and Africa of the Board of World Mis-
sions; and Dr. Eric Fife, Missionary Director,
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. A group of
foreign students will participate in a panel discus-
sion concerning the conditions and needs for the
Gospel in their own country. Slides and missionary
briefings will be presented to give the conferees a
survey of the needs and present conditions of the
mission work of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.
Twenty-five Presbyterian U.S. Missionaries will
lead seminars and personal consultations. The song
leader for the conference will be Mr. Cliff Barrows
of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

COLUMBIA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
PILGRIMAGE

Seven hundred women are expected to partici-
pate in the Ninth Annual Pilgrimage of the
Columbia Friendship Circle on Thursday, April
22. Dr. Wade P. Huie, Jr., Professor of Homi-
letics, will deliver the main address and the
Columbia Seminary Choir will sing. Other high-
lights of the program include a luncheon and a
tour of the campus. The women who will come to
the Decatur campus for this program are part of
the 10,000 men and women who annually par-
ticipate in the program of Columbia Friendship
Circle.

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BULLETIN

Vol. LVIII April, 1965 No. 2

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DR. WADE P. HUIE, JR. and DR. CHARLES
B. COUSAR spoke at the Ministers' Retreat of
the Synod of South Carolina in February. DR.
DEAN G. McKEE spoke at the Annual Retreat of
the ministers of the Synod of Georgia. DR.
COUSAR was the Religious Emphasis speaker at
Lees-McRae College at Banner Elk, North Caro-
lina in March. DR. STUART B. BABBAGE
will deliver the Commencement Addresses at
Western Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological
Seminary, and Calvin College. This June DR.
SAMUEL A. CARTLEDGE and his family will
be leaving for England where they will be during
Dr. Cartledge's sabbatical leave. Other faculty
members will be participating in meetings across
the country and in Europe during the summer,
some of which are listed here. DR. HUIE will
be on the faculty of the Georgia Synodical Train-
ing School. DR. MANFORD G. GUTZKE
will be speaking at the Synodical Training School
for Mississippi. DR. BABBAGE and DR. P. T.
FUHRMANN have received grants to study at the
Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renais-
sance Studies at the University of North Carolina.
DR. FUHRMANN will give an address at the
Eleventh International Congress of the History of
Religions in Claremont, California on "Zwuigli's
Concept of Man's Fall and Alienation." Libra-
rian HAROLD PRINCE will serve as guest lec-
turer at Emory University Division of Librarian-
ship for the summer term. DR. McKEE will
deliver a series of Bible Studies at the Annual
Meeting of the Mexico Mission in May, in June
he will speak at the Florida-Georgia Youth
Leadership School and at the Workshop of the
Association of Christian Educators of the Pres-
byterian Church, U.S. at Montreat. DR.
COUSAR and DR. JAMES H. GAILEY, JR.
will be teaching in the Summer Language School,
July 13 through August 28. DR. C. DARBY
FULTON will be speaking at the Summer Institute
of Missions at Calvin College in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. DR. P. E. HUGHES will serve as
the British Chaplain in Lucerne, Switzerland in
July and during the summer will also speak at the
Christian Reformed Ministers Institute, Grand
Rapids, Michigan; a conference of the Evangelical
Fellowship in the Anglican Communion, Pawl-
ing, New York; the Evangelical Library, London
England, and the Pensacola Conference. DR.

GUTZKE will be speaking at Bible Conferences in
Forest Homes, Glendale, and Mt. Hermon, Cali-
fornia. In the fall, DR. HUBERT VANCE
TAYLOR will lead the Second Annual Worship
Workshop in Jackson, Missouri for Presbyterian
U.S., United Presbyterian, and United Church of
Christ congregations in the area. THE REV-
EREND CHARLES V. GERKIN was named
"man of the month" in Pastoral Psychology in
February. He had an article on "Becoming a
Pastor" in the same issue.

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oir

Georgia TRAV has released to all the radio
stations in Georgia a recording of the Seminary
Choir. A limited number of stereo recordings
were released by the Assembly's TRAV commit-
tee to FM stations throughout the country who
broadcast in stereo. Plans are being made for
additional recordings this spring.

Congregations in Rome, Dalton, Decatur and
Gainesville, Georgia; Anniston and Alexander
City, Alabama; and Anderson, South Carolina,
have had the Choir lead worship services for them.
The Choir has also sung at the University of
Georgia Westminster House, the dedication serv-
ices of the Columbia Drive Baptist Church, the
Henry County Music Club in McDonough, Geor-
gia, and the Ninth Annual Pilgrimage of Colum-
bia Friendship Circle.

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retaliation, 1965

The commencement activities for 1965 will be-
gin with a faculty reception honoring the graduat-
ing class and its guests at 4:30 P.M. on Saturday,
May 29th. On Sunday, May 30th, the Rev. Vance
Barron, pastor of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian
Church, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will deliver
the Baccalaureate Sermon at the Columbia
Church. The sermon before the Society of Mis-
sionary Inquiry will be delivered at the Decatur
Church at 8:00 P.M. that evening by the Rev.
John N. Somerville, missionary to Korea.

The graduation exercises will be held at the
Columbia Church at 10:30 A.M. on Monday,
May 31st. It is hoped that Secretary of State Dean
Rusk will be the speaker at that time.

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the t II loderator . . .

Has your year as Moderator changed your
view of the church?

My year as Moderator has not altered my view
of the church. It has given an opportunity to see a
great deal more of the church, and to meet a great
many people. It has helped also to understand
some of the tensions in our church, and in other
Protestant Churches, especially in our section of
the country. I find our church, generally speaking,
active, loyal, interested and concerned with the
things of the kingdom, pretty much as you might
expect and hope.

Do you feel there has been a change in the
attitude of the ministers?

When I left Union Seminary in 1926 we thought
the church was without many tensions or prob-
lems. Changes in the thinking of our ministers have
taken place. We have gone through a world de-
pression and a world war, and we realize that
while the church is not of the world it is in the
world. It has to deal with questions and problems
of our time.

How are our ministers dealing with these prob-
lems?

I am of the opinion that our ministers for the
most part realize the grave situation in which we
live today, and are convinced that the church can-
not ignore the problems that confront our society.

How do our former students measure up in this
situation?

I have been very much impressed with the de-
velopment of the men I have known since I began
teaching at Columbia. I find that men, who only a
few years ago were students with a student outlook
and maturity, are now accepting and discharging
places of responsibility in the church. I have been
very proud many times.

This has been a year of great decisions for our
church, particularly in social issues. What has led

Dr. Felix B. Gear, Professor of Systematic The-
ology, was interviewed by Gene Home, a senior,
on his year as Moderator of the General Assembly.

you to the stand you have taken concerning the
broader interests of the church?

This issue is one of the subjects of controversy
in many of our Protestant Churches. I think it is
especially so in ours. What is the real nature of the
church? What is its true mission? These questions
are involved here. There are those who think of
the church's mission primarily in terms of evan-
gelism, which is often interpreted in a rather nar-
row way. There are probably others who are more
likely to minimize the aspect of evangelism as part
of the mission of our church and concentrate on
education, pastoral work and concern with
social issues. I do not believe, however, that any-
one in our church would knowingly neglect evan-
gelism. Having learned something of the history
and tradition of our church over the years, I have
come to believe that this is basically a false issue.
In the tradition of our Presbyterian Churches there
is really no conflict between evangelism and an
expression of Christian faith in love as seen in a
genuine concern for the welfare of mankind. I was
reading just recently that in Geneva Calvin had
his elders go out at night to see that the lights were
properly turned off, and that the nurses did not go
to bed with infants because of the danger of crush-
ing them. Thev jdidn't believe that doing such
things was improper for an elder in the church in
Geneva.

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What response have you gotten to your views?

I have really been gratified at the response that
has been given. Often people have said that they
were glad that this subject had been dealt with, and
that it had been made clear that these broader con-
cerns were not out of line with historic Calvinism
or Presbyterianism.

As you talk I get the idea that this is the major
concern of your year as Moderator.

Oh, no! I wouldn't say that! It's been one.
Another concern that I have stressed this year has
been evangelism. I told a group recently that I had
spoken a good many more times on the need of
our church for a broader basis of membership and
outreach than on any other subject. I have spoken
on the subject, "The Open Door." I have in mind
the door that is open to our church today in our
rapidly growing and changing southland. I have
pointed out that we have been a minority church
and a privileged church in that our members
occupy the upper echelons of the social order in
the south. I have asked the question, "Why is it
that this remains consistently true within our
church?"

Have you come to any conclusion?

I have always asked the question; I have never
received an answer. I often ask the question like
this Do we Presbyterians really want our church
to branch out so as to include all classes of people?

One last thing, Dr. Gear: What impressed you
about your trip to the Congo?

I was delighted with my visit to the Congo in
almost every way. The country is beautiful beyond
description and the climate seemed almost perfect.
I was very impressed with the fine group of mis-
sionaries we have in the Congo. They are loyal,
dedicated, capable men and women. To me it was
particularly impressive to observe their ability to
go from one language to the other like the auto-
matic transmission on a car. It was most encourag-
ing to observe the faith and confidence they have
in these days when everything seems so very uncer-
tain. The missionaries must find it very difficult to
plan in advance because the political conditions in
the Congo are quite uncertain and perhaps are get-
ting worse. However, they go about their work as
though they had the normal span of time ahead of
them.

HOW MANY BUTCHY-CHUCKIES*
GOT WHERE THEY ARE

Every child is born ignorant and with feelings
of inadequacy. For instance, he sees his parents
walk with ease, and he cannot. Isolated primitive
man found that he could maintain his life only by
gaining knowledge from other human beings and
living in association with them. Society (or
civility) was man's defense against inexorable
forces of nature. But many a Butchy-Chucky to-
day does not want to learn anything from any
one, for he has his own private technique of life.
Instead of building bridges toward his fellow-man
and humanity, many a Butchy-Chucky builds a
series of walls around himself as (false) security,
as following:

1. IGNORANCE
which begets
FEARS which
beget
SOCIAL
ISOLATION
which begets
HOSTILITY
TOWARD
HUMANITY,
MISAN-
THROPY and
SUSPICION
which beget

5. PREOCCUPATION WITH HIS OWN PET
IDEAS which begets

6. PARANOIA which denies life, and not only
renounces responsibility (that is, blames others
even God for his own failures) but actually
projects it upon imaginary enemies.

For the DIFFERENCE (historians are sup-
posed to show the differences) between FAITH
AND PARANOIA, see Karl Stern's THE THIRD
REVOLUTION A study of Psychiatry and Re-
ligion (Doubleday Image papercover Book D 1 13,
75<), pages 182-199.

For the DIFFERENCE between MORBID
AND WHOLESOME RELIGION, see John G.
McKenzie's NERVOUS DISORDERS AND
RELIGION (Collier papercover Book AS 407 V,
95^).

For a psychological study of the CLERGY, see
Arthur Guirdham's CHRIST AND FREUD (Col-
lier papercover Book AS 336 V, 95^)-

* Butchy-Chucky, known to all Columbia students since
Professor P. T. Furhmann came to the faculty, sym-
bolizes the average student. The sequel to this article,
"The Way Butchy-Chucky Can Get Out Of The Hole,"
will appear in a later bullethi.

Winitter*' Week
October 25-29, 1965

THE SMYTH LECTURES

"Pastoral Care in Social Dilemmas"

( 1 ) Theological Presuppositions and
Pastoral Care

(2) The Pastoral Care of the Extremists (1)

(3) The Pastoral Care of the Extremists (2)

(4) Pastoral Care and Extramarital Behavior

(5) Pastoral Care of Divorcees

DR. WAYNE E. OATES
Professor of Psychology or Religion
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky

THE ALUMNI LECTURES

"The Christian Message Coming of Age"

DR. ALBERT N. WELLS, Pastor
First Presbyterian Church
Laurinburg, North Carolina

THE WORSHIP SERVICES

DR. ELAM DA VIES, Pastor
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago, Illinois

ALUMNI LUNCHEON

Tuesday, October 26th

Reunion for Classes of 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930,
1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965

vidual and group assistance to those who have weak-
nesses in their pre-seminary preparation.

A summer reading program helps all Columbia stu-
dents broaden their perspectives and fields of learn-
ing. It also aids the students in
learning to read and study in
the midst of a busy parish
program. In the required hos-
pital pastoral care seminar,
students are given training to
serve as pastors in crisis situa-
tions. This training is avail-
able not only in cooperation
with both public and private
general hospitals, but also at
a state mental hospital and an alcoholic rehabilitation
hospital.

All students need some opportunity for creative
work, self-discovery and self-expression. This is pro-
vided through seminars in both basic course work and
electives. A greater opportunity is offered qualified
seniors in an Honors Program. In this program inde-
pendent and intensive study in one field of theological
study is undertaken. The senior doing Honors work
is excused from certain required courses so that he
may pursue his special work under the guidance of a
faculty member.

Through a good deal of his educational program,
the student has been required to "learn about some-
thing" and "give it back" to his professor on an ex-
amination. In the Honors Program he is freed to
bring together and apply the vast array of material he
has faced. His curiosity is given a chance to lead him
to the thrill of new discoveries.

The excitement in-
volved in evaluating a
thesis or relating new in-
sights to old knowledge
brightens his studying.
This experience encour-
ages him to do addi-
tional study, try new approaches and see new rela-
tionships. The motivation for learning becomes an

internal rather than an external thing. In addition to
the immediate benefits, the Honors student begins to
develop the patterns of self-discipline that will enable
him to continue effective studies in the midst of a
parish program or in a program of graduate studies.

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